Perl is the swiss army knife of the shell. Works the same everywhere, it has always been reliable and superuseful for simple to medium scripts. It's the glue th

Perl is the swiss army knife of the shell. Works the same everywhere, it has always been reliable and superuseful for simple to medium scripts. It's the glue that keeps a lot of stuff together, and I'm happy it got back to its tracks after the v6 faux pas.